Marcus & The Map Of Winds

Marcus is eight the summer Nonno is gone. In the quiet of the library he finds the map his grandfather left behind, nine panels folded like an accordion, where wind leaves lines as it moves through Rome. All summer he tracks breezes down stairwells and across bridges, learning to read where wind has been, while at home the air has stopped moving. His mother and father speak in short sentences. Uncle Matteo no longer comes to Sunday lunch. Written for children ages seven to ten, and for the adults those children are quietly watching, Marcus and the Map of Winds is a story about a boy, a city, and the weather that moves between people: a timeless fable in the spirit of The Little Prince, made to be read aloud, grown into, and returned to. Open the window first.